This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Notwithstanding section 63 of the Justices Act 1902 , any summons to be served on the owner, master or crew member of a ship in respect of an offence against this Act may be served by serving it on the agent of the ship in any manner in which it might have been served on the owner, master or crew member under that section.
(2) A summons served on an agent of a ship pursuant to subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been served on the owner, master or crew member to whom the summons relates of the ship.
(3) Any summons in respect of an offence against this Act may be issued and served on a Sunday as on any other day.
(4) In this section:
"agent" , in relation to a ship, includes:(a) the agent (if any) for the berthing or working of a ship while it is in port, and(b) where the ship has left port--that agent, or if there was another agent for the ship when it left port, the lastmentioned agent.